Remember - Not all Tier X tanks are elite when researched

If you are testing out tank behavior on the Test Server, remember not all Tier X tanks are elite when you research the tank from the Tier IX.

I was platooning with a fellow NA/US player I spotted online and he was going crazy because he couldn't PEN anything in the Batchat. Then he realized he had failed to research and equip the top gun, so he had been playing with the stock gun with 170mm of penetration.

I made this mistake too when I purchased the IS-4.... after about 8 or 9 battles I finally figured out that I neglected to mount the top gun

I had been working on completing HT-15.3 and grinded through the ST-I with a few very close battles. I pulled the trigger on buying the IS-4 thinking it should be easy street to complete the 12k HP damage dealt, bounced, received but wasn't getting anywhere close. I could hardly get any damage dealt at all when it occurred to me to check the gun. Anyways, I think it took 7 more battles once I mounted the big gun to complete HT15.3

He was raging on TeamSpeak because he couldn't pen the side of a Type 5 and then I noticed he fired six shots, at which point I asked: Did you just fire six shots? Dude, you don't have the top gun, do you?!